#58 Sophie Kinsella - A Not So Perfect Life

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 22 January 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sophie Kinsella is an international bestselling author - she has sold 7 million copies of her books worldwide and is a household name after finding fame with her hugely popular Shopaholic series in 2000. Her novels have been translated into 30 languages and her Shopaholic novels were made into films starring Isla Fisher. Last year, she made her first foray into the YA world with Finding Audrey - which was chosen by Zoella in her WHSmith 2017 book club. Her new book, My Not So Perfect Life is about the way that social media makes us feel. The way we look at other people’s Instagram feeds and think ‘god, their life is perfect’ and comparing ourselves to others and have “perfect” role models on the other side of a computer screen. In this episode we talk about our addiction to social media, Sophie’s writing process, how to find and commit to new ideas and the temptation of online comparison.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode I'm so excited to bring you this one I feel like the guest today doesn't need an introduction
0:06.8	but I'm going to give her one anyway because well that's the format of the podcast
0:11.5	so today's guest is Sophie Kinsiller. She is an international
0:14.9	best-selling author. She has sold over 7 million copies of her books worldwide. She is a household
0:20.1	name after finding fame with her hugely popular Shopaholic series back in 2000.
0:26.0	Her novels have been translated into 30 languages and her novels were also made into a film
0:31.5	which starred Eilah Fisher as Becky Bloomwood and it was
0:35.4	directed by PJ Hogan who made my best friend's wedding. Last year she
0:39.8	made her first foray into the YA world with Finding Audrey which was also chosen by Zoella in her
0:45.7	W H Smith book club. Her new book My Not So Perfect Life, which we talk about on this podcast, is about
0:51.9	the way that social media makes us feel the good and the bad.
0:55.7	It's about the way we look at other people's Instagram feeds and often think that their lives are
0:59.5	perfect and compare them to our own lives. So in this episode we talk about our addiction to social media,
1:05.0	Sophie's writing process, how to find and commit to new ideas,
1:09.0	and the temptation of online comparison.
1:12.0	So I hope you enjoy this episode. and the temptation of online comparison.
1:12.7	So I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:14.6	I absolutely loved recording this for Sophie
1:17.2	and it was amazing to talk to an author
1:18.8	who I've been reading since I was a teenager.
1:21.7	So I hope you enjoy it and here it is.
1:27.0	We're at Penguin Random House, but in a little room and this is really nice, nice to meet you.
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